Tang Qing'er was lying in the carriage for a while and was sober and confused for a while, and arrived in the capital in such a muddy state, Xue Qianxun did not buy a house in the capital, only opened a few shops, Xue Qianxun said to her on the road, before leaving, he had sent a letter to the second uncle's house, and they arrived in the capital and went directly to the second uncle's house, and when they arrived at the mansion of the second master of the Xue family, Tang Qinger saw two big stone lions standing outside the door of the second uncle's house, and the word Xue Mansion was hung on the courtyard door, which was still inlaid with gold, and it looked very solemn and deterrent.

Second Master Xue sat in the study and listened to the housekeeper's report: "Master, the young master and the young lady have arrived." ”

"Yes," he waved him down, and turned to go to the main hall.

Xue Qianxun took Tang Qing'er into the main hall, passing through the pavilions and pavilions along the way, the decoration was so stylish, Tang Qing'er thought that the decoration in the house must be very magnificent, but he didn't expect the furnishings in the house to be very simple, mahogany tables and chairs, and a plaque was also hung on the hanging beam of the main hall, with the four big characters of honesty and self-discipline, which matched the furnishings in the house.

Second Master Xue said to the housekeeper beside him: "Go and invite the young lady over, just say that the young master is here,"

"Yes, sir." The butler said respectfully.

Xue Qianxun and Tang Qing'er first greeted Second Master Xue and said, "Second Uncle has been doing well lately. ”

"Haha, it's not bad, by the way, is the old lady's body still strong?"

"Grandma has a tough body and a good appetite," Xue Qianxun replied, of course.

"Well, how many days are you going to stay this time?"

"Three or four days! Something happened to the shop in Kyoto, so I came over to take a look,"

"Oh! Well, if it can't be solved, tell me,"

"Yes, Second Uncle," Xue Qianxun saluted Second Master Xue again.

In less than a moment, I saw Qiao's family coming over with the maid, first asking my father-in-law to say goodbye, and then to my cousin and sister-in-law, seeing that my cousin-in-law looked tired, she took her hand and said, "My cousin-in-law has been on the road for the past two days, and I'm tired!" ”

Tang Qing'er cheered up and said: "It's okay, along the way, I just fell asleep and woke up, woke up and fell asleep, over and over again, over and over again." ”

"Hehe, listening to what my sister-in-law said, it seems to be a very enjoyable thing, but I know that this carriage ride is a very sinful thing."

Tang Qing'er said with a smile: "What my brother and sister said is right, in fact, I turned grief and anger into motivation, thinking that if I went to Beijing earlier and saw my cute little nephew, I wouldn't feel so uncomfortable." This is half true and half false.

Mentioning his son, Qiao Shi said with a smile on his face: "My cousin-in-law is really funny when she speaks. ”

Second Master Xue said: "Has the guest room been cleaned up for Xun'er and his family?" ”

"Pack up, Dad, you received a letter from my cousin telling me that when my cousin and sister-in-law came over, I would have someone clean the guest room."

"Well," he said to Xue Qianxun: "Your cousin has been in the mansion recently, and has been serving in front of the palace, so you may not be able to see your cousin this time, he asked me to tell you, if you are free, I will go back to the house to see you and your new sister-in-law, hehe." ”

"Second uncle, when you went to court Ming'er, you met your cousin and told him, don't delay your business to see us, serve in front of the palace, you can't make a mistake."

"Well, I'll tell him, don't worry! After two days of traveling, you better go and rest early! The eldest daughter-in-law will take your cousin and sister-in-law to the guest room to rest! ”

Qiao Shifu turned around and said, "Yes, Dad,"

Xue Qianxun and Tang Qing'er also saluted: "Then we will retire, second uncle." ”

"Yes, go ahead!"

Qiao Shi took Tang Qing'er's hand along the way and said, "Sister-in-law, you came in such a hurry, why don't you stay here for a few more days, let me do my best as a landlord,"

"If it weren't for something going wrong with the shop in Beijing this time, he wouldn't have been able to get by, alas! The shop at home can't live without people," Don said with a smile.

"It's not easy for my cousin to take care of the family's property, if he is in business, he can still help take care of it, but he just took the official career, alas!"

Tang Qing'er couldn't hear Qiao's words, tunnel: "Brother and sister, don't sigh, stay for a while, the shops in the town will not be busy, I will ask Xianggong to bring me over, anyway, it will only be two days away, and I will arrive soon." ”

In fact, Qiao's originally wanted to say, otherwise, the shop in Beijing would be handed over to Xianggong to take care of, and if Xianggong was busy, she would take care of it, but the cousin-in-law didn't accept this, she could only sigh: "It's only like this," and said: "If Brother Ming Tiantian is busy with the affairs of the shop and has no spare time to take care of his cousin-in-law, you can come to me, and I will accompany you out to visit the shop in Beijing." ”

"If that's the case, then I'll be disrespectful." Tang Qing'er smiled.

Qiao's led the way in front, Tang Qing'er and Xue Qianxun followed her, and when they arrived at the guest room, Qiao's said to them: "Seeing that your faces are a little tired, I won't say more, if there is anything wrong with your cousin and sister-in-law, call the maids outside, I have arranged the place where your maids and servants live, and I have let them rest, I will let the maids outside wait for you to rest!" ”

"I'm tired of my younger siblings." Tang Qing'er thanked.

"Then I won't disturb your rest," said Qiao's and left with the maids, leaving two maids to serve Tang Qing'er and Xue Qianxun to wash.

On the other hand, Jiang Yirong heard the report that Young Master Xue was coming, she immediately called the maid to tidy up her appearance, and wanted to go to the front hall to meet the person she had missed for a long time, and the old mother behind her hurriedly comforted her: "Miss, it's not too early now, let's go see Young Master Tang tomorrow!" ”

Jiang Yirong said anxiously: "But I want to see Cousin Xue now,"

"Miss, listen to the old slave, if it's dark today, let's see you tomorrow, do you want the young master to think that you don't have self-respect?"

Jiang Yirong thought for a moment and said, "What Mother Feng said is that Cousin Xue Ming'er won't leave anyway, so let's go see him tomorrow in the morning!" ”

The old mother behind Jiang Yirong is surnamed Feng, she has always known Miss's thoughts, but she didn't dare to tell Miss just now that Young Master Tang has already married, if Miss knows, maybe there will be some trouble?

On the morning of the day, Mother Feng went to the kitchen to serve breakfast to the young lady, but she didn't expect to meet the young lady and bless her, so she was about to wipe over, but Qiao Shi stopped her and said: "Mother Feng, I just want to talk to you about something, you go back to the house with me!" ”

Mother Feng hesitated a little with the food in her hand and said, "But Miss is hungry, wait for the old slave to send ......?" ”

Qiao's eyes swept away, and Feng's mother was a little frightened: "Then let the old slave bring the food back to the kitchen first and go with his wife." ”

"Yes, go ahead." Qiao Shi said lightly.

Mother Feng followed behind Qiao Shi and followed her into the house, Qiao Shi sat on the top and said to Mother Feng with a smile: "You can sit too!" ”

"The old slave doesn't dare!" Still standing aside.

Qiao Shi was not reluctant: "I think you should know that Young Master Tang is married!" ”

Mother Feng was shocked physically and mentally, bowed her head and said, "The old slave already knew about it from the mouths of other subordinates yesterday. ”

"Originally, there was nothing to hide about the young master's marriage, but my mother-in-law always knew that my cousin's heart was young master, so when I learned that the young master was married, I didn't tell my cousin, only my father-in-law, mother-in-law, Xianggong and I knew about it, and even the two younger sisters Ling'er and Xin'er didn't tell them, for fear that they wouldn't be strict for a while, so I told my cousin that my mother-in-law specially told me and my father-in-law not to mention this in front of my cousin when she left, and asked me to help my cousin see if there were any good men in Beijing and help her choose a good family."

Feng's mother said: "Madame is thoughtful. ”

"Alas! I didn't think that my cousin brought my cousin-in-law to Beijing to do errands, and lived at home, I'm afraid I can't hide it, I called you over to let you say hello to your cousin, if she says anything inappropriate in front of her cousin-in-law, it's not good for my cousin and us,"

"The old slave knows." Mother Feng kept her head down, looking at the tips of her shoes.

Qiao touched the pattern on his sleeve, and said lightly to Feng's mother: "Okay, I don't want to say more, you persuade Yirong to die of this heart, my cousin has already married, don't you see, my cousin is gentle and considerate to my cousin-in-law, let Yirong think about those who don't have it, I will pay attention to her in the capital, otherwise it will be difficult to find it when she gets older,"

Mother Feng heard the young lady's strange words, and she hated it in her heart, now that the lady has moved to the town, it is inconvenient to take the young lady to go, so she can only place the young lady in the capital, the house is now the young lady in charge, the young master and the aunt don't care about the affairs of the inner house, their master and servant can only listen to the young lady's orders, dare not refute her, and say with a straight face: "Young lady Xie is so worried about my young lady." ”

"Why are you a little unhappy when you look at Mother Feng? Am I wrong, if my cousin really wanted to marry his cousin, he would have mentioned it to his mother-in-law a long time ago, maybe now he is married to his cousin, why bother delaying it until now? Alas! How can I say that I am also my sister's cousin, what I say from the heart, don't think I'm laughing at you! Although Yirong is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, the young master doesn't like her, what's the use of being so proficient? ”

Mother Feng listened to the words of the young lady, although the words were ugly, but some of the words were also very reasonable, so she said lightly: "Although my young lady has been living on my wife and aunt, she is not a lonely person, no money, when the lord and the lady were alive, they left a lot of silver, fields and shops for the young lady, but they were afraid that the young lady would be bullied by others. ”

Qiao Shi couldn't help but chuckle and said: "If it is really as Mother Feng said, it would be better, in the past, my cousin came to Beijing, and there was Sister Xin'er to reconcile among them, but my cousin still didn't like my cousin, and now even Sister Xin'er thinks that my cousin can marry this cousin-in-law, how can I help my cousin, you should persuade my cousin well!" Don't hang yourself from a tree. Qiao Shi saw that this Feng's mother regarded her kindness as a donkey's liver and lungs, and she didn't say anything anymore, she had already said good things, this person didn't listen and there was no way, when Yirong touched her nose, she would know that it was terrible, she had already seen it with her eyes, her cousin couldn't be better than her cousin's sister-in-law, her sister-in-law's eyes could drip water, Yirong, don't portrait those who don't belong to her in this life!

Mother Feng secretly hated, this young lady is really unscrupulous when she speaks, how can my young lady be so virtuous and virtuous, how can she be so lowly by her? Even if my young lady's father and mother died early, she was still a young lady from a large family, and she still held silver and a lot of land and shops in her hands.

Let's say that Feng's mother came out of the young lady's room in a hurry, forgetting to go to the kitchen to get breakfast, and thinking about how to tell the young lady about the young master Tang having married along the way, although she and the young lady are nominally master and servant, but the young lady has been served by her since she was a child, especially after the death of the old lady and the lady, she regarded the young lady as a daughter, and now let her open her mouth to say such a cruel thing to the young lady.

"Mother Feng, are you back?" Yirong was thinking about which pair of earrings to bring to see Cousin Xue in front of the mirror, and when she heard the movement, she didn't even look back, so she said this in passing.

Mother Feng had already arrived in front of Miss and said to her: "Miss, don't toss, the old slave has a few words to say to you, although Young Master Tang is here...... " looked at Miss's innocent face again, gritted his teeth and said: "But he came with his wife, and Young Master Tang has already married!" ”

Yirong stood up and looked at Mother Feng confidently, the earrings in her hand also fell to the ground, she muttered: "Cousin Xue is married," and after a while, she said loudly: "When did it happen, why don't I know?" ”

Mother Feng said: "Young Master Tang has been married for more than a month, and only Mrs., Aunt, Young Master and Young Lady know about it in the house, I am afraid that you will be stimulated, so I dare not tell you." ”

"More than a month? Could it be that the last time my aunt and uncle went back to the old mansion to attend Cousin Xue's wedding? Jiang Yirong slammed on the stool after speaking, and said with a dull gaze: "Get married...... Month...... Hehe...... Everybody knows...... I don't know anything...... Still stupidly ...... "Fantasizing that Cousin Xue can marry her?"

Seeing Miss like this, Mother Feng said gloomily: "Miss, don't be sad, you will meet a better man than Young Master Tang in the future, the old slave believes!" ”

Jiang Yirong quickly took Mother Feng's hand and shook it, "Mother Feng, have you seen what Cousin Xue's wife looks like, is she more beautiful than me?" How did Cousin Xue treat her? ”